Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 14
In the generations of the gods we seem to see prehistoric racial divisions and large branches of the Aryan family, an error which results from a neglect of the bardic literature, and a consequently misdirected study of the annals.
Who acts: we · What happens: seem, see, misdirect, neglect, study · To what, where: misdirected study, generations, prehistoric racial divisions, bardic literature, annals
This is a sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 generations | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 generations | det |
| 3 | generations | generation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 seem | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 gods | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 gods | det |
| 6 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 generations | nmod |
| 7 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 seem | nsubj |
| 8 | seem | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 see | mark |
| 10 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 seem | xcomp |
| 11 | prehistoric | prehistoric | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 divisions | amod |
| 12 | racial | racial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 divisions | amod |
| 13 | divisions | division | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 see | obj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 branches | cc |
| 15 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 branches | amod |
| 16 | branches | branch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 divisions | conj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 family | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 family | det |
| 19 | Aryan | Aryan | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 family | compound |
| 20 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 branches | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 error | punct |
| 22 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 error | det |
| 23 | error | error | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 divisions | conj |
| 24 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 25 results | det |
| 25 | results | result | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 error | appos |
| 26 | from | from | ADP | _ | 28 neglect | case |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 neglect | det |
| 28 | neglect | neglect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 results | nmod |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 literature | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 literature | det |
| 31 | bardic | bardic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 literature | amod |
| 32 | literature | literature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 neglect | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 study | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 study | cc |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 study | det |
| 36 | consequently | consequently | ADV | _ | 37 misdirected | advmod |
| 37 | misdirected | misdirect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 study | amod |
| 38 | study | study | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 seem | obl |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 annals | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 annals | det |
| 41 | annals | annal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 study | nmod |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 seem | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seem | present | we | a misdirected study of the annals | in the generations of the gods | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | |||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | we not said here | prehistoric racial divisions and large branches of the Aryan family and a error | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer division=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | misdirect | participle | consequently property | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | neglect | the bardic literature | nom neglect «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 5 | study | the annals | nom study «act transitive»: of=patient |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Project Gutenberg book 8109 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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